Mohamad Sabsabi received his Ph.D. in plasmas physics in 1988. He spent more than 3 decades developing laser based spectroscopic techniques. He holds 23 patents and published more than 550 scientific papers and conference proceeding contributions covering fundamentals, applied aspects and industrial applications of laser-induced plasmas. He initiated, built and led the high efficiency-mining program at NRC. He is currently Principal Research Officer at CNRC and building an advanced sensors platform.